Horoscope
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): You are the explorer heading out to sea bearing the weight of everyone's high expectations. You rise to the occasion with glory and sail straight through the sunset.

Networks tinker with sinking soaps
NEW YORK (AP) -- Babies are born, disappear and come back a couple of years later as troubled teen-agers. A Latino fashion designer is introduced into an all-white cast. A doll becomes human.

Horoscope
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a great day to be the first person to do something. No matter what it is, don't be afraid to take action and become a pioneer!

Smith's catch holds up as the biggest
Ty Smith -- the Ponte Vedra Beach man who won the Kingfish Challenge -- had another day to find something bigger than the 41.4-pound fish he hauled in Saturday.

Fish populations down in Biscayne National Park
MIAMI -- Fish populations in Biscayne National Park are in sharp decline and popular fish like grouper and snapper could come close to disappearing if something is not done soon, a study shows.

SAHS Boosters golf tournament
The 2001 St. Augustine High School Boosters golf tournament will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m. at the St. Johns County course.

Spurrier may miss Gator Club golf tournament
ORLANDO -- The death of incoming freshman Florida fullback Eraste Autin will likely cause coach Steve Spurrier to miss a scheduled appearance today at a benefit golf tournament at Marsh Creek, hosted by the Gator Club of Historic St. Augustine.

Officials say Legends should stay at golf village
Despite comments from golf legend Jack Nicklaus last week that indicated the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf -- a Senior PGA Tour event -- may leave the World Golf Village, the tournament's immediate future is secure.

Election-overhaul panel recommends holiday for voting
WASHINGTON -- A commission chaired by former Presidents Carter and Ford recommends turning Election Day into a federal holiday and says voters challenged by poll workers should be allowed to cast ballots, their validity to be determined later.

W.Va. hit with floods yet again
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Heavy rain caused flooding and mudslides in West Virginia on Sunday for the third time a month and was blamed for at least one death.

The lost art of money making
WASHINGTON -- America's revamped paper currency is a technological marvel aimed at thwarting sophisticated counterfeiters. But the most prominent part of the redesign -- the oversized portraits of American statesmen -- features a centuries-old art form only a few practice.

Bush plans to be tough with Saddam Hussein
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's national security adviser put Saddam Hussein on notice Sunday that the United States intends a more resolute military policy toward Iraq.

Hastings: Lots of meetings concerning our community
An amended site plan for the Lil' Champ store at the corner of State Roads 207 and 204 was approved July 9, during a meeting of the Town Council of Hastings. The approval carries a proviso that conditions approved at the March meeting should remain as conditions for the site plan.

Downtown: Home overlooking plaza a sight to behold
Overlooking King Street between Charlotte and Aviles streets is the residence of Ada Moebus-Lyons and Leon Lyons, the only downtown family home that boasts a view of the Plaza de la Constitucion and all of the bayfront area.

North Beaches: Boardwalk construction kicks off revitalization
Another step in the process of revitalizing Vilano Road and the North Beaches was taken July 25, when the Waterfronts Revitalization Committee (WRC) under the North Shores Improvement Association (NSIA) broke ground for the $150,000 project of the nature greenway boardwalk just to the south side of the Usina Bridge.

The South: Supply needy children with school items
Many readers may have been reading in several of the Neighbor's columns about the ''Tools For School'' drive which is currently under way. The drive, sponsored by the State Attorney's Office, is an effort to send St. Johns County children in need back to school with supplies needed for their school work. Even a small donation of a few items can help to make a big difference to a student.

Beaches: Potluck dinner Wednesday at Elks Lodge
On a recent balmy evening with the brisk ocean breezes cooling the air, I took time out to people watch for awhile. It was 8 p.m., and the beach was rather busy for so late in the evening. You could tell the tourists from the locals in many small ways such as: They were either white, looked like lobsters or were still putting on the sunscreen at that time of day. Also the car plates were a give-away that they were vacationing from as far away as Alaska.

Lincolnville: Gallery reception at Butterfield Garage
The bright and vibrant colors of Sam Dee Thomas are featured this Friday at Butterfield Garage Gallery in a reception for Thomas' month-long show ''Summer Sounds and Other Songs.'' From 5-9 p.m. at 137 King St., at the edge of Lincolnville, we will be introduced to the works that have made Sam a local favorite. After that evening, the usual hours for Butterfield are Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Inquire further at 825-4577.

Local Heroes: Isaiah Williams
My hero is my husband, Isaiah Williams Sr., A.K.A. ''Sporty.'' Within the last six months, I've fallen ill, and my husband has given, not only his undivided attent

Fed judges to rule on ordinance
If the City Commission wins in federal court soon, oil painters, sketchers and other visual artists may eventually be allowed back on St. George Street.

Sam Snead restaurant closing doors
Tom Crimmins shut the doors at Sam Snead's Tavern on Sunday, less than a year after it opened to great fanfare at the World Golf Village.

Young guns
Chuck Ryan became a rebel, secret agent and soldier, all before he was 20.

Burglaries
A black purse, $600 cash, a gray sprint ''flip'' cell phone and a Lennox Walkman cassette, valued at $670, were stolen from a car parked in the south parking lot of Guana River State Park, between 3:20 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

VAW cutting 50 jobs
VAW of America Inc. is cutting 50 jobs in St. Augustine in an effort to restructure the aluminum manufacturer in a slowing economy, said Al Styring, president of the company.

BBC points its lens at St. Augustine
Four Zenith Productions film crew members stood on top of the fourth floor balcony of the Casa Monica Hotel Monday morning, capturing panoramic images for a British Broadcasting Corporation series premiering in October.

Man charged with grand theft, other car crimes
According to a St. Johns County Sheriff's Office report, officer K. Mungen was patrolling the area of State Road 16 and Varella Avenue around 9 a.m. Sunday. He observed a black Chevy with a smashed out rear window; when he ran the tag it came back ''record not found,'' the report said.

Man arrested, charged with culpable negligence
James Ostrander, the owner of the dog that bit 7-year-old Margaret West, was arrested Monday night and charged with culpable negligence, according to Diana Bryant with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.

Sands of time
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kevin McElroy, Route 3, box 31M, announce the birth of twin daughters, born July 24 at Flagler Hospital.

Corrections
There were several errors in the July 27 Back to School guide in reference to immunization requirements. Here is the correct information:

Local Heroes: Zeferin Zebrowsky
I wish to express a thank you to a friend whom I met over 20 years ago when I moved to St. Augustine. I met his family and later lived around the corner from them in the Shores.

William L. Wilson
Graveside services for William L. Wilson, 79, St. Augustine, who died July 28, 2001, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Evergreen Cemetery.

Eugene J. Marshall
Eugene J. Marshall, 73, St. Augustine, died July 28, 2001, at his home.

Sidney Bellamy
Sidney Bellamy, 80, from St. Augustine died July 28, 2001 at Flagler Hospital.

William L. Wilson
William L. Wilson, 79, from St. Augustine went to be with Jesus on July 28, 2001.

John A. Logan
John A. Logan, 48, St. Augustine, died July 29, 2001, at his home.

Addie Mae Gaskins
Addie Mae Gaskins, 83, from Hastings died July 25, 2001 at her home.

Letter: Memories of the Ancient City
Since ''History is just one damn thing after another'' and I know you abhor long letters to the editor, I hope you will excuse this one in the ''Cause of History.''

Opinions: Patients' bill of rights will produce fiscal pain
WASHINGTON -- Few issues are as fraught with peril as the proposed reform of Health Maintenance Organizations. HMOs are the most affordable source of health care for millions, so it is vital that HMO reformers not jeopardize their existence and affordability.

Opinions: And thereafter minimum journalism
A front-page story about minimum wages in The Wall Street Journal illustrates what is wrong with contemporary journalism as much as it illustrates anything about the minimum wage law. The first nine paragraphs deal with one individual who is wholly atypical of people earning the minimum wage. She is a 46-year-old single mother who works full-time.

Letter: Learn the facts about global warming
Reading The Record is a large part of my daily regiment for I have been incarcerated in the St. Johns County jail for the last 15 months awaiting my proverbial ''day in court.''

Opinion: Thinking of him and her
A clipping comes to hand about a woman who wanted to remodel her kitchen. What was her problem? The center island wasn't big enough ''for both she and her husband to work in.''

Letter: Children will be the victims
Get ready to come up with extra money. Another school year is approaching and, as in the past two years, you will be expected to pay for a large share of your child's basic classroom needs!

Letter: Doomed to become suburbia
In your defense of suburban sprawl (''The relentless pursuit of density and smart growth,'' July 21), you unfairly equated multi-family living with sweltering tenements.

Letter: Objects to Reese's column
In the midst of Charley Reese's rambling column on July 22 about the Confederate flag, he asserts: ''Whether we feel good, bad or nothing is entirely internal and subjective and gives us no reason to make a public issue of our personal feelings. There's nothing about feelings in the Bill of Rights.'' This offhand bit of idiocy displays an appalling ignorance of what politics in a democracy is all about: the insertion of personal feelings (after all, political beliefs are an entirely internal, subjective matter) into the public sphere in the hope of finding solutions to community problems, be they local, national or global.

Letter: What happened to long-range planning
''Gas prices are lower than they have been for months'' is the first line of the editorial on July 18. Your focus on months is an unfortunate example of all-too-frequent short-range planning. It measures time in weeks and months and has no place in a sensible energy plan. To sustain our world, we need to think in terms of years, decades and centuries.

Letter: Thanks for The King and His Court
Saturday night is one we will never forget. This was our first experience with The King and His Court, and it was wonderful. This was a wholesome, fun family outing. This event was organized to help a truly worthy cause, St. Gerard House.

Billy Graham visits Palatka
PALATKA -- The Rev. Billy Graham slipped quietly Sunday into the small north Florida town where he was baptized and ordained more than 60 years ago to see a new mural of himself and to meet with old friends.

Saints volleyball camp begins today
Flagler College volleyball coach Taylor Mott will conduct her final week of volleyball camp from July 30-Aug. 1. The camp is open for both boys and girls, ages 9 to 18. Cost is $90. For more information, call 829-6481, ext. 376.

Bottom line: Net losses for Sampras
LOS ANGELES -- Two weeks shy of his 30th birthday, Pete Sampras finds himself in an unusual spot. He's not winning any tournaments these days.

Wright's second win leads Saturday night at Speedway
Thunder Truck rookie Terry Wright grabbed his second consecutive win on Saturday night at the St. Augustine Speedway. He passed Ricky Cooper going into turn four and never looked back en route to the win. Cooper, Robert Gorman, Troy Kruse and Mitch Doughtery rounded out the top five.

Sapp eyes NFL sack record
TAMPA -- Warren Sapp isn't content to be one of the best pass rushers in the NFL. He wants Mark Gastineau's single-season sack record, too.

'Team Moneybags' no more
JACKSONVILLE -- Kevin Hardy isn't crazy about his contract. Neither are Mike Hollis or Jimmy Smith. Fred Taylor and Mark Brunell? They too could be doing better.

Armstrong wraps up third Tour
PARIS -- Lucky for Lance Armstrong that he was wearing the brilliant yellow jersey of the Tour de France leader. Otherwise, he would have been lost from view as the sea of colorfully clad riders crossed the finish line on the Champs-Elysees.

St. Joseph sixth at USF tournament
The St. Joseph Academy boys basketball team finished sixth out of 16 teams in the Small Varsity Division in this past weekend's South Florida Shootout tournament in Tampa.

Safe at home
KISSIMMEE -- You can't go home again -- not when Chris Cofield is blocking home.

Labonte edges Junior at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. -- Bobby Labonte hasn't been very productive in defense of his first Winston Cup championship, but nobody could fault his winning performance Sunday in the Pennsylvania 500.

Men charged with running tax-rebate scam
BOCA RATON -- Two men were arrested on federal charges of sending bogus notices telling taxpayers to send them a fee for information on their upcoming tax rebate checks, officials said Monday.

Fatal wreck cancels wedding ceremony
BUCKINGHAM -- A woman driving to her granddaughter's wedding was killed when her car was struck by a 14-ton truck in front of the wedding hall as family members watched.

Some Tampa residents could be displaced
TAMPA -- Helen Stanback worked for years in a school cafeteria to pay for her two bedroom house, where she can look out over lilies and roses she planted and watch the neighborhood children who call her ''Granny.''

Shark victim starts physical therapy
PENSACOLA -- The 8-year-old boy bitten by a shark on a Florida Panhandle beach remained in a light coma Monday, but doctors said they are beginning physical therapy by moving his uninjured limbs.

State reinvests in tobacco companies
TALLAHASSEE -- The state has invested $352.4 million in tobacco and tobacco related companies over the past month now that state officials lifted a ban on such holdings.

Black Bear population growing
NAPLES (AP) -- The number of black bears in southwestern Florida is on the rise, but so are the number of bear complaints and road deaths, a biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said on Monday.

Senator warns that budget could 'starve' NASA
ORLANDO -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson warned federal and state officials Monday that the proposed budget for NASA could ''starve'' the nation's civilian space program and compromise astronaut safety.

Local utilities hooking up small towns
WASHINGTON -- The conventional wisdom that small towns are the boonies in today's communications boom is turned on its head in places like Glasgow, Ky., where nearly half of the 6,000 residents have high-speed Internet service at rates city slickers would envy.

Sending it down
CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA is going after its first extraterrestrial samples since the Apollo moon landings. This time, instead of lunar rocks, the prize will be atoms from the sun blasted into space on the solar wind.

Typhoon hits Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Typhoon Toraji churned through Taiwan on Monday, cutting power to thousands of homes, canceling international flights and killing 35 people in mudslides and flash floods.

Palestinians activists killed in explosion
NABLUS, West Bank -- An explosion ripped through a car parts store Monday in the West Bank, killing six Palestinian activists in one of the deadliest single episodes in 10 months of violence. Hours later, Israeli helicopters rocketed the Palestinian police headquarters in Gaza City, injuring two policemen.

Divers cut holes in Kursk submarine's hull
MOSCOW -- Divers working at the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk have cut a hole in the outer hull of the vessel's fifth compartment and began clearing a space between the compartment's inner and outer hulls, the Russian navy said Sunday.

Prince Andrew leaves navy after 22 years
LONDON -- Prince Andrew, who served as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War, bowed out of a 22-year naval career on Monday to become a British trade ambassador.

Gunmen ambush Macedonia's interior minister's convoy
OHRID, Macedonia -- Gunmen ambushed Macedonia's interior minister Sunday evening, spraying his convoy with bullets as he was on his way to visit refugees returning to their homes. No one was injured in the attack, which came as the country's feuding leaders deadlocked in peace talks.

Japanese ruling coalition keeps upper house
TOKYO -- Japan's ruling coalition swept to victory Sunday in elections for the upper house of Parliament, a vote of confidence the popular prime minister said would build steam for his plans to overhaul the stagnant economy.

Disguised king slips out of palace again
AMMAN, Jordan -- In his latest undercover expedition, Jordan's king disguised himself in old clothes and slipped out of his hilltop Amman palace to find out how his subjects are treated at the tax department, officials and a newspaper reported Monday.

Europe squabbles with U.S. over antitrust, trade
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union antitrust chief Mario Monti, a Yale-educated economist, dismissed charges of meddling hurled from across the Atlantic before he scotched General Electric Co.'s bid for Honeywell International Inc.

Residents vote to end Vieques bombing
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico -- Residents of Vieques voted overwhelmingly Sunday for the U.S. Navy to immediately stop bombing on this Puerto Rican island. The referendum is nonbinding, but the Puerto Rican government hopes it will influence Washington.